German 2nd Parachute Division

The German 2nd Parachute Division was a German airborne division that existed from 1943 to 1945 during World War II. The division was sent to Rome, Italy to disarm the Royal Italian Army after the Italians signed an armistice wth the Allies, and the regiment occupied the Greek islands that were being controlled by the Italian military. From October 1943 to May 1944, the division served on the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union, and it would later be dispatched to France to fight against the Allies there. The division fought at the Battle of Carentan and in Operation Cobra in June-July 1944, and the division was destroyed at Brest on 20 September 1944. It was recreated once more before surrendering in the Ruhr Pocket in April 1945.